17 April 2017

moon bros - 'corrido'

Last one from me for a while and I'll leave with this sumptuous guitar instrumental.

låpsley - 'operator (dj koze extended disco remix)'

Two great talents collide.


lux lisbon - 'demons you show'

Ah, this is the good stuff.


drugdealer - 'my life (feat danny james)'

Just perfect.

los campesinos! - 'the fall of home'

Cardiff's finest here with a great sound.


ten fe - 'make me better'

Now for something a little anthemic.


damien jurado - 'maraqopa'

Now here's a bloody brilliant tune.


band of horses - 'throw my mess'

A lot of my posts tonight seem to be country-tinged. That's no bad thing, I guess!


ttng - 'sponkulus nodge'

No idea what the title refers to but it's a hell of a tune.


tift merritt - 'something came over me'

Echoing the great female country singers of the 70s, Tift Merritt is a great talent.


nick cave and the bad seeds - 'bedazzled'

One of his more leftfield covers but nonetheless a cracker.


the hearing - 'too happy'

One of my big tips for the future and the lady in question deserves it too. 


islands - 'snowflake'

Tune!


karen elson - 'distant shore'

This pushes all the right buttons with me right now.


big little lions - 'what if'

Great track.


nick drake - 'tow the line'

Always time for Nick Drake.


indian askin - 'island'

This was a great track from last year.


16 April 2017

the heliocentrics - 'made of the sun'

Got to love the Heliocentrics.


low roar - 'bones'

The new album promises to be very good indeed if this is anything to go by.


little dragon - 'sweet'

Their new album has some very strong tunes on it, this being one. Love it.


14 April 2017

monk and canatella - 'forthcoming'

One of the founding fathers of the Bristol trip-hop sound, Monk and Canatella stil sound as fresh as ever.


10 April 2017

goldfrapp - 'annabel'

And now to my favourite Goldfrapp tune. 


john martyn - 'may you never (live on old grey whistle test)'

John Martyn in his prime was unsurpassable.


marnie - 'lost maps'

Brand new from Ladytron's Marnie. Love it.


rag'n bone man - 'as you are'

The album is warming on me. I think I'm getting the hype now.


emma ruth rundle - 'the distance'

Bloody brilliant. That's what this is.


milky chance - 'cocoon (acoustic)'

I've already blogged the full version of this track but the acoustic version is also an absolute belter.


kay gee's - 'burn me up jellybean benitez edit'

Talking of disco...


jens lekman - 'how we met the long version'

I love the disco-infused music of Jens Lekman. So damn cool.


meursault - 'the mill'

If you haven't caught Edinburgh band Meursault yet then really you're slacking. 

elliott smith - 'rose parade (live)'

I still miss him terribly. Amazing how much affection someone can have for another person that they never met.


circa waves - 'goodbye'

This'll wake you up. Their new album 'Different Creatures' is quite something too.


methyl ethyl - 'act of contrition'

Their new album is bloody brilliant. Everyone needs to check it out on Bandcamp now.

stray cats - 'rock this town'

Happy birthday Brian Setzer. 58 today.


beth orton - 'carmella (four tet remix)'

Have I mentioned how much I love Beth Orton?


girlpool - 'it gets more blue'

Lovely track from Girlpool here.


h hawkline - 'engineers'

Very fresh off the press is this new track from Welsh wonder H Hawkline. Superb as always.


alexandra savior - 'vanishing point'

Her new album is quite something. The laconic delivery belies a steely heart to what is a very good album.


raoul vignal - 'hazy days'

Raoul is a French guitarist and a very accomplished one at that too and his Nick Drake-esque compositions are exquisitely performed. Check out his new album on Bandcamp for more.


09 April 2017

michael kiwanuka - 'cold little heart'

I'm a little late to the party but here's the new video to 'Cold Little Heart'.


gentlemen's dub club - 'hotter'

From the brand new album 'Dubtopia' this is Gentlemen's Dub Club.


vanbot - 'collide (krasnoyarsk)'

Swedish electro-pop act Vanbot travelled all the way to Siberia to seek inspiration for her latest album (hence the place names in the song titles) and it appears to have yielded her some great results.


froth - 'nothing baby'

This is a great new track from LA band Froth.


jocelyn pook - 'migrations'

Impossible to pigeon-hole this particular tune. Let's just leave it at brilliant.


codename: carter - 'timebomb'

Very nice indeed.

fink - 'hard to see you happy'

Some serious blues for a gorgeous Sunday.


cataldo - 'photograph'

Bandcamp never fails me. Another great discovery right here.

radical face - 'sunn'

Some dream pop from last year.


duke garwood - 'move on softly'

I've got the blues.


rococode - 'brutal'

Oh yes. This is a superb new track from Canadian band Rococode.


ou est le swimming pool - 'dance the way i feel'

A band that could have been massive. So tragic how it all ended for them.


pvt - 'kangaroo'

Here's a band I've long had a soft spot for with a brand new video.


zumpano - 'the sylvia hotel'

A great track from the 90s.


neil young - 'tell me why'

Haven't heard this in years. 


adrian orange - 'bitches is lord'

Ah, now this is a blast from the past.


billie marten - 'la lune'

Her debut album was a very accomplished affair showing a maturity that belied her age. Well worth catching up on.


bon iver - '22 (over s∞∞n)'

Not his finest moment but this track from the last album is definitely a highlight.


maya isacowitz - 'different without you'

It's a little slushy and more than a bit cheesy but it's still a great track and it suits my mood perfectly.


c duncan the midnight sun

Well past midnight but still gonna play this very smooth tune.

electronic - 'prodigal son'

Electronic were an inspired collaboration.


joy williams - 'someone to love you (acoustic)'

Just the right tune for this time of night.


benjamin francis leftwich - 'immortal'

One from 2016, here's a cracking tune from a very under-rated singer.

lou rhodes - 'full moon'

Great music here from Lamb singer Lou Rhodes.


pet shop boys - 'twenty-something (radio edit)'

This slipped well and truly under the radar.


she-devils - 'hey boy'

How good is this track? Very, that's how much.

azaleh - 'rainy nights'

I'm on a roll with the great tunes!


vallis alps - 'east'

Another beauty, right here.

ninajirachi - 'pure luck (feat. freya staer)'

Now this is very soulful.


luttrell - 'don't forget to breathe'

Something a bit deeper now.

auntie flo - 'rainfall on earth'

This is a very trippy little number. Well worth checking out.


ghostly kisses - 'baby tomorrow'

A random Soundcloud discovery has led me to this wonderful track from Canadian Ghostly Kisses.

molina - 'salvation'

The Depeche Mode influences are worn proudly for this track by Danish artist Molina.

flora cash - 'california'

I loved their last single and I love this one too. Instant hit.

tall ships - 'road not taken'

Although the rest of the album is a much jauntier affair, at this time of night the first track from their new album suits my mood better.

fujiya and miyagi - 'serotonin rushes'

My favourite Brighton band have released a new album and it's so good. Check this out.


08 April 2017

british sea power - 'bad bohemian'

Glad to see that BSP are back and with a very strong new album.


tricky - 'makes me wanna die (the weekend remix)'

A double helping from Bristol's finest. 


tricky - 'passion of the christ'

One of the UK's greatest musicians alive. The man is a genius.


chastity belt - 'caught in a lie'

Washington band Chastity Belt go from strength to strength with this their latest track.

yorkston thorne khan - 'false true piya'

Beautiful.


david holmes - '69 police (kieran's remix)'

The good stuff.


fin - 'chickenshit'

I don't know too much about this band, it was a random discovery on the ever-brilliant Bandcamp and then further searching on Soundcloud for this Portishead-esque track but I'm going to dig out some more by FIN, for sure.

ben marwood - 'baby you're a mess'

I guess the obvious comparison is Frank Turner but there's much more to Ben Marwood than this. The lyrics are more subtle, more bittersweet and dare I say it, he's got a better singing voice too!


from kid - 'favourite storm'

A new band to me, From Kid are Swiss and have a new album out, this being the title track from it.


josefin öhrn + the liberation - 'rushing through my mind'

Another fantastic tune. Love this.


moog maximus - 'the bongolian 'londinium calling'

After the football results last night and today. I'm in full party mood. 


tashaki miyaki - 'out of my head'

I don't think you'll hear a better song today than this one from Tishaki Miyaki.


07 April 2017

olga bell - 'doppio'

If you've not heard of Olga Bell then you're in for a real treat. Completely out there but still very accessible.

rational youth - 'the face of dorian gray (featuring johan baeckström)'

This could easily have been a Depeche Mode track from 1983. What a fantastic tune.

peter silberman - 'impermanence'

Another from 2016.


superpoze - 'perles de tapioca'

So good.


anohni - 'drone bomb me'

Very apt given the latest news.


pajaro sunrise - 'the collapse of everything'

Superb tune.


jim james - 'same old lie'

One of those artists who deserved a bit more coverage in 2016, in my opinion.



new order - 'paradise'

Just listen to that Peter Hook bassline. Magnificent.


stone foundation - 'the limit of a man'

Paul Weller had a big hand in this album and it shows. Great stuff.


san fermin - 'bride'

The new tunes keep coming. This is excellent.


spiral stairs - 'emoshuns'

More new music, this time from Spiral Stairs.


the new pornographers - 'high ticket attractions'

The new album is certainly picking up a lot of interest and rightly so. It's a corker.


arca - 'piel'

Taken from their eponymously named album just out this week, here's Arca with a sublime track.


miss red - 'fever'

Last one from me for a while but it has been fun. This is an absolute belter of a tune.


badbadnotgood - 'and that too'

About time I blogged this band again. Love it.


lion babe - 'everyday life'

So soulful.


the invisible - 'so well'

Another 2016 track that absolutely rocked.


paul simon - 'stranger to stranger'

This album seems to have slipped under the radar but it's well worth checking out for tracks like this.


fink - 'golden hour'

Blues overdrive.

hippo campus - 'simple season'

The epitome of a perfect pop song. 


beyond the wizard's sleeve - 'black crow'

Friday mornings never sounded so cool.


tinariwen - hayati'

Northern Mali music is in very rude health. 


poliça - 'lately'

A band that deserves all the plaudits.


these urban days - 'sweet mary jane'

The esoterica continues apace.

cobalt chapel - 'three paths charm'

I love the retro feel to the whole Cobalt Chapel concept. Very Hammer House of Horror.


loyle carner - 'ain't nothing changed'

Smooth tune, bitter lyrics.


snowbird - 'goodbye blue sky'

Beautiful.


clams casino - 'back to you (instrumental)'

Even as an instrumental this track rocks.


haley bonar - 'i can change'

I'm not sure I want her to though. She's perfect as she is. 


algebra suicide - 'lethargy'

Art pop from the 80s now. Love, love, love Algebra Suicide.


larkin poe - 'overachiever'

Another great American act. So much good music around.

amos lee - 'wait up for me'

Difficult to pigeon-hole Amos Lee. Country, folk, Americana, blues - it's all there.


tricky - 'don't go'

One of my go-to artists whenever I need sweet succour.


let's eat grandma - 'rapunzel'

Great band name. Even better band.


jherek bischoff - 'attuna'

Great music from 2016.

big little lions - 'say hello'

And we're back in Canada with the great pop songs.


douglas dare - 'stranger'

What a tune.


team ghost - 'revelations'

French band Team Ghost channelling The Pet Shop Boys here  with this absolute monster of a tune.


erasure - 'love you to the sky (adam turner remix)'

This is fresh off the press. Can't wait to see them soon.


the charlatans - 'plastic machinery'

The brand new single from The Charlatans. Pretty good it is too.


the dontels - 'soul nitty gritty'

Rock and roll. Oh yes!


alejandro cuestas - 'fur caroline (diwex remix)'

People that know me know that I like my minimal techno dark and moody. Just like this.

foreign fields - 'when you wake up'

Taken from the 'Take Cover' album, here's the brilliant Foreign Fields.


brett dennen - 'strawberry road'

Just lovely. 


omd - '66 and fading'

I'd love to know what the title refers to. Anyone?


barry white - 'barry's theme'

Doesn't get much better than Barry White. Check out that lush orchestration.


saltland - 'magnolia'

Brand new and from the 'A Common Truth' album here is the very excellent Saltland.

gazelle twin - 'anti body wrangler remix'

Back to something a bit more intense.


violent femmes - 'big car'

Gotta love garage rock.


julia jacklin - 'same airport different man'

Now this is a very good track. Have a listen.


the notwist - 'gone, gone, gone, gone'

Very under-rated are Notwist.


cloudland canyon - 'an arabesque'

Another track from 2016 here.